LITERACY @ ECSD
The Language Experience Approach or LEA, according to Taylor, 1992 is "a whole language approach that promotes reading and writing through the use of personal experiences and oral language." In short, "beginning literacy learners relate their experiences to a teacher or aide, who transcribes them. These transcriptions are then used as the basis for other reading and writing activities."
Taylor’s article, The Language Experience Approach and Adult Learners, talks about two variations of LEA (Personal and Group Experience) and explains further steps to follow when using this approach,
The short video below (3:52 minutes) titled Language Experience Approach from Bow Valley College describes LEA by a teacher who went to a field trip to the zoo. Bow Valley’s newest literacy resource, A Practical Guide to Teaching ESL Literacy (2018) explores LEA from pages 208 to 212. It mentions things to do after LEA to develop literacy skills and bridges WPW with LEA.